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CPM leader M Swaraj asserted that Congress transforms into BJP not upon defeat, but victory, citing numerous instances across India. He claimed BJP uses Congress to gain political footing in Kerala, highlighting past defections of Congress MLAs to BJP in Goa, Arunachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Uttarakhand, and Madhya Pradesh.

The district Congress has hailed the election of vijay bahuguna as chief minister of Uttarakhand.

Uttarakhand chief minister vijay bahuguna has won the Sitarganj byelection by a margin of 39,954 votes defeating BJP's Prakash Pant.

Uttarakhand chief minister vijay bahuguna on Monday announced a slew of sops for Van Gujjars like monthly pensions, medical facilities at par with government servants, and scholarships to their children studying in government and aided schools.

Uttarakhand's Sitarganj constituency is set for a face-off between Chief Minister vijay bahuguna and BJP candidate Prakash Pant in the July 8 byelection. The assembly seat considered to be traditionally a BJP stronghold accounts for about 95,000 votes.

Ending months of speculation about a change of guard, vijay bahuguna on Friday resigned as Uttarakhand Chief Minister amidst indications that Union minister Harish Rawat has emerged as a strong contender to succeed him.

Uttarakhand chief miniter vijay bahuguna said the magnitude of the calamity is so huge that not even the Centre has a force which can handle such a situation.

In an exclusive interview to TOI, Bahuguna said, “We are loyal soldiers of Congress ... We have taken the bold decision with a heavy-heart. It is for the welfare of people of Uttarakhand that we have united and supported the BJP to get rid of this corrupt government.”

On Tuesday, four district-level Congress leaders from Haridwar and Rishikesh joined the BJP reportedly at the behest of senior leader vijay bahuguna.

Uttarakhand chief minister vijay bahuguna's 38-year-old son, Saket Bahuguna, on Friday filed his nomination papers for the Tehri Lok Sabha bypoll to be held on October 10. vijay bahuguna had vacated the seat to take over as the state's CM earlier this year.

Congress MP vijay bahuguna has been sworn in as the CM of Uttarakhand even as many MLAs boycotted the function expressing solidarity with the rebels.

Former chief minister vijay bahuguna on Tuesday asked the Congress national leadership to seriously consider the issue of party workers turning rebels. He pointed out that nine party members turned rebel on March 18 and on May 10 one Congress MLA has voted against the party.

BJP today announced the candidature of Prakash Pant for contesting the Sitarganj bypoll against Uttarakhand chief minister vijay bahuguna.

The function to mark the birth anniversary of Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna on Monday saw a rather piquant turn of events. vijay bahuguna, Hemwati's son, who turned up first to garland the statue of his father at Clock Tower, asserted that "had the appropriation bill been defeated in the floor of the House in my father's tenure, he would have stepped down

Uttarakhand chief minister vijay bahuguna on Tuesday led a delegation to the prime minister, seeking funds for relief work in Uttarkashi hit by flash foods and landslides due to heavy rains.

Chief minister vijay bahuguna on Monday said his government will distribute Rs 5 lakh each to the kin of 924 missing persons from Uttarakhand. But he refused to declare as dead the 5,748 persons missing after the June 16 calamity, saying the state will not give up the mission to find them.

Uttarakhand chief minister vijay bahuguna today said he would not draw his salary and other allowances till he was elected to the legislative assembly.

Gairsain in Uttarakhand’s Chamoli district bustled with activity on Monday as chief minister vijay bahuguna laid the foundation stone of proposed Uttarakhand assembly building.

Uttarakhand Chief Minister vijay bahuguna on Thursday honoured the captain of India's Under-19 World Cup winning team, Unmukt Chand, by offering him a cheque of Rs 11 lakh and a shawl.

Chief minister vijay bahuguna on Friday asked top officials to speed up the process of commissioning 16 non-controversial mini hydropower projects on the Ganga's tributaries.

Six members of a family were buried alive on Thursday after a landslide triggered by heavy rain flattened their house at Lohardobha village under Dhari block in Nainital district.

Yoga guru Baba Ramdev on Saturday welcomed the Uttarakhand government’s decision to recommend a CBI probe into the mysterious disappearance of his 77-year-old teacher and Divya Yog Mandir Trust founder Shankar Dev who went missing from Haridwar in 2007.

Dehradun: The decision of BJP brass to give ticket to Saurabh Bahuguna, the son of former chief minister vijay bahuguna, did not come as a surprise for the party cadre. Saurabh has been nurturing the seat for more than three years.

Congress is mulling over the removal of vijay bahuguna as chief minister of Uttarakhand, aiming to recalibrate the balance of power in the dissidence-ridden state unit ahead of 2014 elections.

Having reached a truce with rebel Congress MLAs, Chief Minister vijay bahuguna today won the first test of strength with party nominee Govind Singh Kunjwal, a loyalist of Harish Rawat, defeating the BJP candidate for the post of Assembly Speaker.

Uttarakhand CM vijay bahuguna appears to be on his way out and Union minister Harish Rawat and state minister Pritam Singh are emerging as frontrunners for the top job in the hill state.

Uttarakhand CM vijay bahuguna said the state government was busy setting up its own State Disaster Management Response Force (SDMRF) to deal with disasters in the future.

Chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami will be contesting a by-election from the Champawat seat to secure entry into the state assembly and continue at the top post. He will be the fifth Uttarakhand chief minister to do so.

Addressing public meetings in Srinagar, Kirtinagar and Devprayag towns, Rawat lashed out at former CM vijay bahuguna for openly "acting against" his father's philosophy of democracy.